Asia Avinger

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Rosary HS
Hometown:
Cerritos, Calif.
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Career Highlights
All-Mountain West Team (2022-23)
Mountain West All-Freshman Team (2021-22)
Mountain West All-Academic Team (2020-21 & 2021-22)
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Jan. 10, 2022 & Jan. 17, 2022)
Preseason Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2020-21 & 2021-22)

2024-25 Season
» Started in 31 out of 32 games in her second and final season at Georgia
» Averaged 9.8 points per game
» 17 double figure scoring efforts
» Ranked seventh in the SEC in assists with 141, averaging 4.4 APG
» Ranked 13th in the SEC in steals with 60, averaging 1.9 SPG
» Played the third most minutes in the SEC, logging 1,076 minutes
» Season high 20 points and 10 rebounds against Colorado State
» Tied her career high in steals against N.C. Central with five
» Made the go-ahead free throw to beat Arkansas 62-61
» Made 3-for-3 from behind the arc against Houston
» Led Georgia with 19 points against Ole Miss

2023-24 Season
» Started in all 30 games in her first season at Georgia
» Ranked fifth in the SEC with 131 assists on the season (4.4 per game)
» Scored 233 points (7.8 ppg) as Georgia’s third-leading scorer, also pulling in 3.4 rpg
» Led the Lady Bulldogs with 37 steals
» Totaled 10 double-digit scoring efforts
» Scored 15 points in Georgia debut, including a career-high four 3-pointers, in season opening win over North Carolina A&T
» Tallied 10 points with five assists and two steals against Belmont
» Recorded first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 10 assists against Wofford
» Dished a team-high five assists in SEC opener against Texas A&M
» Tallied 12 points and eight assists against Alabama
» Scored a season-high 22 points at Florida
» Had a 14-point scoring effort at Auburn
» Posted 15 points and seven assists against Tennessee
» Reached double figures for the fourth-straight game with 10 points at Mississippi State
» Scored 10 points and dished five assists against LSU
» Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in regular season finale at Vanderbilt

2022-23 Season
» Named to the All-Mountain West Team after averaging 11.6 points, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 48 percent from the field
» Appeared in 29 games (28 starts) and averaged 29.9 minutes per game
» Was one of just three players in the nation to average 11.0 points, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting at least 45 percent
» Became just the second Aztec in the Mountain West era (1999-2023) to total at least 700 points and 200 assists in her first two years
» Finished third in the Mountain West in assist per game, assist-turnover ratio (1.73) and steals per game
» Scored in double-digits 16 times and led SDSU in scoring six times
» Led the Aztecs in assists 19 times and in steals 14 times
» Had four games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 25 twice
» Scored 25 points vs. Miami Ohio (12-20-22) on 9-for-12 shooting and 25 vs. first place UNLV (1-7-23) on 12-for-18 shooting while dishing out six assists
» Her 25 points and 12 field goals vs UNLV was the most by an Aztec on the year
» Tied a career-high with nine assists vs. Nevada (1-5-23)

2021-22 Season
» Named to the Mountain West All-Freshman Team after averaging 12.0 points and 3.9 assists, both of which were tops in the conference among freshmen
» Started 30 games and averaged 30.2 minutes
» Led SDSU in free throws made (96) and attempted (129)
» Scored in double-digits 20 times and topped 20 points on three occasions
» Scored 30 points on 10-for-12 shooting against Boise State (1-15-22) to become the first Aztec freshman to reach 30 points in the Mountain West era
» Won the Mountain West Freshman of the Week award twice
» Led the Aztecs in assists 22 times
» Was SDSU’s top scorer eight times
» Had nine rebounds in a game twice
» Had nine assists at New Mexico (1-9-22)…
» Was the Mountain West Preseason Freshman of the Year for the second straight year

2020-21 Season
» Was named the Mountain West Preseason Freshman of the Year but then suffered an injury that caused her to miss the entire season.

High School
» One of the nation's best combo guards according to espnW, Avinger came to SDSU as a four-star recruit ranked No. 56 in the nation according to ESPN
» A three-time All-CIF Southern Section pick, she was ranked as the No. 16 point guard in the nation by espnW
» Following her senior year, she was named the Orange County Register's Female Athlete of the Year and to the MaxPreps All-California First Team.
» She was also named the Trinity League MVP and the Orange County Player of the Year
» Averaged 13.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior
» Helped lead Rosary HS to the 2020 CIF Southern California DI Regional championship before the tournament was suspended by COVID-19
» As a junior averaged 12.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists and helped guide Rosary HS to a 27-8 record and the 2019 CIF State Division One championship
» Avinger scored 24 points in the championship game and took home MVP honors
» Following her junior year, she was named to the MaxPreps All-California Third team, the CIF Orange County First Team, the Los Angeles Times All-Area Team and the Orange County Register All-County First Team
» As a sophomore she attended Los Alamitos HS who won the Sunset League and was named the league’s MVP
» Helped Los Alamitos reach the CIF DI semi-finals
» Was named to the Sunset League First Team as a freshman
» Received recruiting interested from over 20 DI schools
» Also competed in track and field
» Received the Rosary HS Scholar Athlete Award for the 2018-19 school year.

Personal
» Born in Long Beach, Calif. to Nicole and Skinner Avinger
» Her father played football at Portland State
» Her brothers Noah (twin brother) and Lucky are on the Aztec football team
» Enjoys playing and watching football, going to the beach, swimming, trampoline parks and watching movies; she can solve a rubik's cube and juggle
» Worked at the Mamba Academy as a coaching assistant
» Lists Steve Nash as her favorite athlete
» Major: Communication Studies